FORTUNA FLORA. 



1 A thousand flowers each seeming one 

 That learned, by gazing on the sun, 



To counterfeit his shining 

 Within whose loaves the holy dew, 

 That falls from heaven, hath won anew 



A glory in declining ; 

 Love's language may be talked with these ! 

 To work out choicest sentences, 



No blossoms can be meeter ; 

 And such, being used in Eastern bowers, 

 Young maids may wonder if thu flowers 



Or meanings be the sweeter." 



Elisabeth B. Barrett. 



EVERY new and innocent amusement is a contribu- 

 tion to the stock of the world's happiness. And we con- 

 sider it no trifling matter to have prepared a mystical 

 charm of flowers for the young, where, like bees, they 

 may gather honey while hovering over and enjoying the 

 beauty of these sweet gifts of nature. 



The selections are from the best writers, and we 

 commend the practice of reading the particular authors 

 whose productions are mingled in the web of each par- 

 ticular destiny. 



The manner of proceeding is this : When you 

 wish to ascertain the particular flowers that best des- 

 ignate your condition, character, and probable success 

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